Fire-hose support



J. H. STILLWAGGON.

FIRE HOSE SUPPORT.-

APPLICATION men JULY 13, l9l5- 1,344,736. Patel ltedJune 29,1920.

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K Inv by Atty J. H. STILLWAGGON.

FIRE HOSE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1915- 1,344,736. Patented June 29,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- JOHN ii. sTILLwAGeoN, or RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

FIRE-HOSE SUPPORT.

Application filed July 13,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN H. STILLWAG- GON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fire Hose Su 'ports, of wliichthe following" is a specification.

This invention relates to hose "supports for fire hose and the like, adapted to support a hose and its nozzle in compacted and substantially coiled condition, and which, in cases of emergency, may be operated to precipitate the hose to the, 001'" in auto-'- matically uncoil'e'd condition, ready for use. To this endthe invention includes a plurality of hose-supl'aorting fingers loosely pivoted on a rod or the like support, and slidable along the same, together with a pivoted member adapted to support the free ends of said hose-supporting fingers and to be held in such supporting position by means of the nozzle of the hose, the pivoted support for the free ends of the fingers tilting under the weight of the hose when the nozzle is removed from such locking position.

One of the objects of the inventionisto provide a-device having the general characteristics mentioned above, which is extremely simple in its construction and there fore cheap to manufacture, while it is very certain in operation. Another object is to provide an improved form of nozzle-controlled lock for the pivotal support for the free ends of the hosesupporting fingers.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than those stated above, together with the adi' antages inherent, will be in part obvious and in part specifically referred to in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts, and applications (if principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims. In the accompanying drawings, whichare to be taken as part of this specification, and in which have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, Figure 1.is an elevation of a device embodying my invention, with parts broken away; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing the parts in normal posi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1920. 1915. Serial No. 39,542.

tion with the hose nozzle in place; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but with the hose nozzle removed and showing the position the parts under such conditions. Referring to the numerals on the draw ings there isshown at 5' a generally rectangular oblong frame which may be pivotally supported from wall bracket 6 so that it can swing horizontally. A supporting rod 7 is secured in the end frame adjacent one of the side walls, and on this supporting rod 7 is loosely pivoted a plurality of hose-supporting fingers 8, which may be very cheaply 'made from stiff wire or the like, having one end bent into an eye which encircles the rod 7. the end Walls of the frame as at 9,is a shelf 10, which is adapted to support the free ends of the hose sup iorting fingers 8. This pivoted ortilting shelf 10 has'a finger 11 extending transversely from one end thereof, which finger has a'beveled face 12. Secured to the outer end ofthe frame is a pair of fingers 14 provided at their outer ends with slightly raised portions 15. These fingers 14 are separated su'fliciently to allow of the introduction between them of the end of a hose nozzle 16, whose flaring mouth, as shown in Fig. 2, rests against the fingers 14, and is preventedfrom accidentally sliding off from said fingers by means of the raised portions 15. o The hose nozzle is utilized as a means for keeping the tilting platform or shelf 10 in the 'Fig. 2 position by means of a latch-piece 17 pivoted on the underside of and at one end of one of the fingers 14, so that it may swing in a horizontal plane, a slot 18 being provided in the end wall of the frame, through which the free end of said latch-pieceextends.

The hose is looped over the fingers Sin the ordinary way and as indicated in. Figs. 1 and 2, and may be very closely packed, because of the fact that the fingers may be slid along the supporting rod 7' and tilting platform 10'. When the hose is all in place on the fingers, with the latch-piece 17 in the positionof Fig. 3 that is, 'under'the' beveled face 12 of the finger 11, it is evident that the nozzle 16, in'the position of Figs. 2 and 3, will hold the free end of the latchpiece under the beveled face 12 of the finger 11, thus keeping the tilting platform in the Fig. 2 position, lfihowever, the hose nozzle is lifted out of its seat in the fingers 14 and withdrawn from between them, the weight walls of the Also pivoted in of the hose pressing down on the platform 10 will cause the finger 11, on account of the bevel 12, to push the latch-piece 17 to the dotted line position of Fig. 2, or the full line position of Fig. l, thus permitting the finger 11 and platform 10 to swing downwardly, and allowing the several fingers 8 to move to the position which is indicated in Fig. I, the hose of course slipping off and dropping to the floor, ready for use.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above constructioinand many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described, a frame, a hoscsupporting finger pivoted to swing around a horizontal axis at one side of the frame, a tilting platform pivoted to move around a horizontal axis at the other side of the frame and adapted to support the free end of said hose-supporting finger, a projection on said platform, a latch member pivoted to swing around a vertical aKi the free end of said latch member the end of said projection to hold the i iform in position to support the end of the hose-supporting finger, and means for sup porting a nozzle in such position that it will maintain the latch member in engagement with said projection.

2. In a device of the kind described, a frame provided with nozzle supporting fingers, a plurality of hose-supporting fingers pivoted to swing about a horizontal axis at one side of the frame, and.an elongated platform pivoted on a longitudinal axis to the frame, the platform being pivotally movable to two positions, in the first of which it supports the free ends of the hose sup porting fingers, and a latch member secured to one of the nozzle supporting fingers movable to two positions, in the first of which it maintains the platform in its fingersupporting position, while in the second position of the latch the platform is free to turn to its second position and release the ends of the hose supporting fingers.

3. In a device of the kind described, a frame provided with nozzle supporting fingers, a plurality of hose-supporting fingers pivoted to swing about a horizontal axis at one side'of the frame, and an elongated platform pivoted on a longitudinal axis to the frame, the platform being pivotally movable to two positions, in the first of which it sup ports the free ends of the hose supporting fingers, and a latch member secured to one of the nozzle supporting fingers movable to two positions, in the first of which it maintains the platform in its fingensupporting position, while in the second position of the latch the platform is free to turn to its second position and release the ends of the fingers, and a nozzle on its supporting fingers cooperating with said latch member for holding the latch in its first position to keep the platform in finger-supporting position.

4:. In a device of the kind described, a frame provided with nozzle supporting fingers, a plurality of hose-supporting fingers pivoted to swing about a horizontal axis at one side of the frame, an elongated platform pivoted on a longitudinal axis to the frame, the platform being pivotally movable to two positions, in the first of which it supports the free ends of'the hose supporting fingers, and a movable latch secured ti; one of the nozzle supporting fingers for holding the platform in said first position.

5. In a. device of the kind described, a frame provided with a ,slot, a plurality of hose-supporting fingers pivoted to swing about a horizontal axis at one side of the frame, an elongated platform pivoted on a longitudinal axis to the frame, the platform being pivotally movable to two positions, in the first of which it supports the free ends of the fingers, and movable latch arranged to swing in a horizontal plane for holding the platform in said first position. the free end of the latch passing through said slot in its movement engaging the plat form, to retain the platform in the said first or finger-supporting position.

6. In a device of the kind described, a frame, a hose supporting finger pivoted to swing around a horizontal axis at one side of the frame, a tilting plat form pivoted to move around a horizontal axis at the other side of the frame and adaptedv to support the free end of said hose supporting finger and a nozzlesupport provided with means for engaging the platform to hold the platform in finger supporting position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN H. STILLWAGG ON. 

